Originally Posted by GA2G

asm, as long as whatever it is that you used to defend yourself cannot be deemed to be a weapon carried for that purpose, then anything is fine. If I were askd, I'd say I needed to get a new one, and I was carrying it to show a lock shop the one I wanted. "Coincidence" that its heavy and metal. But no judge would say it was a weapon, of any type.

Women could carry salt in their pockets to throw at an attacker. The salt, being a natural product, could not be construed to be a weapon. The fact that salt in the eyes would make anyone have to stop what they're doing, so as to try to get the salt out, still can't be used against the "victim", as if they used a chemical attack on another person. Anyone can buy a small bag of salt, and keep it in their pockets.